• Permanent Full Time
• $112,372pa + 12% super + leave loading (Level 7)
• Great news - EBA6 currently is underway, with a proposed increase of 5% effective 1 July 2025
• 9 day fortnight
• 72.5 hour fortnight
• Location: North Lakes

Join City of Moreton Bay as an experienced branch leader, and help shape and enhance our communities for today and tomorrow.

Leading a team of 23, you will guide the library team to provide and deliver a wide range of contemporary and dynamic services…aimed at achieving quality community engagement and positive customer experiences!

To achieve this, you will be responsible for the management and development of

• a large branch library team
• home library service delivery
• a library collection that addresses the collection needs of local community and supports network collection outcomes
• relationship with a range of internal and external stakeholders and regional partners
• business plans and reports on service outcomes
• facility and venue maintenance
• service and process reviews to deliver strategies and projects

Council currently has libraries located at Albany Creek, Arana Hills, Bribie Island, Burpengary, Caboolture, Deception Bay, North Lakes, Redcliffe, Strathpine and Woodford.

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About you

You will be experienced and knowledgeable in the delivery of high volume and complex public library services and programs.

As an influential, proactive and passionate leader you will be able to demonstrate your experience and commitment to:

• building positive and productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• engaging regional communities
• developing team and individual capabilities
• fostering a healthy inclusive and well-connected workplace

Well versed with strategy development and business documentation, you will also be proficient and accustomed to developing business plans, reporting, undertaking financial management and managing complex projects.

Ideal candidates will have a tertiary qualification in Library and Information Management or other relevant field and hold/be willing to obtain a Working with Children Check for child related employment (Blue Card).

This position requires the successful applicant to be available to work any 5 out of 7 days as part of the ordinary hours. The branch is open late on Thursday until 8pm and in this role you will be rostered to work one weekend a month.

Why City of Moreton Bay?

What you do with your life matters. It’s the same with your career.

We’re the third-largest council in Australia and one of the fastest-growing areas. As Australia’s newest city, we’re building something that’s never been done before: a new kind of city, inspired and empowered by a new kind of council.

This is your opportunity to develop skills and experience in a truly unique place, at a truly unique point in time.

At City of Moreton Bay, we’re focused on the vital work we do today. But we’re also focused on the future. On what can be – for our city, our Council and your career.

Here’s what you’ll love about a career with us:

• See it. To build a city of the future, first, you have to see it. The polycentric city we’re building will bring greater prosperity, sustainability and affordability to our city. This is your chance to contribute to something that’s never been done before.
• Shape it. You’ll get hands-on in a rewarding career, serving and strengthening our communities for today and tomorrow. Our work is diverse, interesting and it matters – and it’s yours to shape and own.
• Live it. Contribute to the city you and your family want to live in and enjoy the lifestyle you deserve. And if you don’t live here, you’ll still find pride and connection in so many ways with our successful, resilient team.

You’ll also enjoy a range of other benefits:

• Find a better work-life balance with a nine-day fortnight.
• Advance your skills and career through our Study, Training And Research Scheme (STARS).
• Make your pay go further with salary packaging options on novated leases, superannuation payments, smartphones and devices.
• Prioritise your health and wellbeing with discounted health insurance, free annual flu vaccinations and our Fitness Passport Program.
• Get support when you and your family need it most with our 24/7 confidential counselling service, leader support hotline and Mates in Construction program.

Ready for a career that matters?

Join City of Moreton Bay, and help shape our city of the future.

Click on the 'Apply Now' button below to complete your online application. Please upload a current resume that demonstrates how you meet the requirements for this role. You will also have the option to add a cover letter should you wish.

As part of the recruitment process, applicants will be required to undergo a National Criminal History Check.

To obtain further details please contact our Careers team at [email protected].

City of Moreton Bay extends across the traditional lands of the Jinibara, Kabi Kabi, and Turrbal peoples, and we acknowledge and pay respects to our Traditional Custodians. We believe diversity of thought, background and experience creates better outcomes for our people and communities, and we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of all ages, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.

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Your Future City.
See it. Shape it. Live It.

*Applications close 11:55pm Sunday 6 July 2025.